an86 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 FPTP means only Labour or the SNP can win my seat. On account of them being less likely to vote to drop bombs on people, it’s the SNP for me. It won’t be done with enthusiasm, though. My beliefs are more aligned with the Greens, but voting for them makes it more likely that I’ll end up with Ian Murray’s bag carrier representing me and justifying genocide. At least the regional vote at Holyrood actually counts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 My areas a swing seat with it being Labour, Tory and SNP past 20 years I think. With it being Westminster I will be forced to vote tactically and therefore SNP. In the past I would have voted Labour if I felt they were ahead of the SNP and Tories might win the seat but I couldn't vote for labour with Starmer, plus there's no chance the Tories are getting the seat this time I would imagine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Plenty of time to think of a creative way to spoil a ballot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 SNP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Not Tories Beyond that I've no clue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Lib/Dem. Can't stand them but am in a Tory constituency that has a majority of over 4,000 from the LDs and Labour are nowhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Listened to 5 live a minute ago, they were having a phone in. Caller said she didn't know anything about the parties, the leaders, their policies. No clue who she was voting for. Admitted she was clueless. Why the f**k phone the radio, then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 minute ago, scottsdad said: Listened to 5 live a minute ago, they were having a phone in. Caller said she didn't know anything about the parties, the leaders, their policies. No clue who she was voting for. Admitted she was clueless. Why the f**k phone the radio, then? Because she was speaking for 40% of the UK electorate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Just been shifted from Cumbernauld and East Kirkintilloch to the other East Dunbartonshire constitch. It's SNP incumbent, OK if not as good as Stuart McDonald in our old gaff, v a mad WibbleDemocrat Councillor who famously tried to shut our library some years back. Easy choice but it may be a losing battle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 31 minutes ago, eindhovendee said: Lib/Dem. Can't stand them but am in a Tory constituency that has a majority of over 4,000 from the LDs and Labour are nowhere. That's really tough. There should be a helpline in place for people in your position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS_FFC Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 9 minutes ago, KirkieRR said: Just been shifted from Cumbernauld and East Kirkintilloch to the other East Dunbartonshire constitch. It's SNP incumbent, OK if not as good as Stuart McDonald in our old gaff, v a mad WibbleDemocrat Councillor who famously tried to shut our library some years back. Easy choice but it may be a losing battle. Didn’t realise Jo Swinson wasn’t running again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksburnDandy Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 It will reluctantly be for the SNP and Drew Hendry. The Lib Dem is from a neighbouring constituency but is getting plenty financial input. It will be an SNP v Lib Dem fight most likely as the Tory vote will collapse and Labour are nowhere. Greens are standing someone but that would be a wasted vote and their position on the A9 puts me off them a bit. So it will be the only show in town for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 6 minutes ago, JS_FFC said: Didn’t realise Jo Swinson the UK's next prime minister wasn’t running again. FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 hour ago, eez-eh said: Plenty of time to think of a creative way to spoil a ballot. Of course the answer is and always will be, cock & balls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 42 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Listened to 5 live a minute ago, they were having a phone in. Caller said she didn't know anything about the parties, the leaders, their policies. No clue who she was voting for. Admitted she was clueless. Why the f**k phone the radio, then? Was this the infamous "eat yer cereal" wifey from the Better Together campaign? Same level of awareness by the sound of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 2 hours ago, Sonam said: Let's face it, none of the options look good at all. It's very depressing. At least when Blair got elected there was genuine hope at the time. The SNP too are a complete mess. With Sturgeon or Salmond they were proper leaders whether you agreed with them or not. Same with Lib Dems with Charles Kennedy. Another good leader, with charisma. A likeable person, even with the alcohol problems. It's a clever move by Sunak, Scottish summer holidays with the Euros as a distraction. Lots of people not voting or spoiling ballot papers is exactly what he wants. Labour will win but not as large a majority as people think. 1 term in office and they will be voted out and Tories return. Depressing stuff. When I reached legal voting age, all the major parties had at least 3 or 4 folk you would probably disagree with, but at least feel they could be trusted if they were to be involved in running the country. We're only just over 20 years on from that point, and I look at them all and think I can't trust a single fucking one of them with anything 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Anyone but Labour. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 3 hours ago, D Angelo Barksdale said: If there was the write in option like they have in some American states then we, the electorate of P&B, could make @throbber dictator for life! And why not! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 48 minutes ago, JS_FFC said: Didn’t realise Jo Swinson wasn’t running again. Dunno what she's up to these days. Not much of a leader but she was at least a credible MP unlike the Zoomer running for the LibDems now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 The older I get the more I think they're all a bunch of self serving shysters who have never had a proper job in their life and couldn't run a paper stall. Also I've just been shunted into Edinburgh South by boundary changes and Ian Murray will get voted in on the back of Unionist votes anyway. I don't suppose Count Binface could stand here... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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